San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-09-20
EDITORIAL BREVITIES.

The ear that listened attcntively 10
hear the committee of thirty say some
thing about the Orphan Asylum, heard
nothing drop.
PLATE and Herod made friends over
the crucifixion of Christ. Cleveland
and Hill make friends over the crucltix-
ion OF national interests and the death
of national honor.
BURCHARD, of Rum, Romanism and
Rebellion" ALTERATION notorlety comes
out fiat footed for Cleveland. For this
unlookedfor blessing the republican
party give unqualified thanks.
"FRANKIE gathered 1t in, says a Texas
paper. Yes, she gathered in" her
skirts in halo OF fine cut glory, when
the Grand Army marched past, and left
the platform with Lamar bearing her
silken train.
The discovery of America by Column
bus In 1892, IL celebI sted on this conti-
nent as proposed, should be celebrated
at San Salvador. This WAS all that G.
c. saw of America IN that much be-writ-
ten historical year.
The executive clemency racket and
the supreme court iuterposition are
being worked for all they are worth in
behalf of the seven men who are to hang
next November. Their chances ofdying
for their cOuntry's good are very good.
The yelled prophets parade at st.
Louie will convey among other things
scripture representations. The protest
ant clergy are fighting the programme
without results. II people will not come
to church why not carry church to the
people?
Hon. BARNEY GIBBS, whom the anti
Barney and the prohibition press have
represented as doing good work in Ten
n,s5cc, for the wet party, is quietly
working up an orphan asylum boom at
Austin. Judging from the investigation,
Austin should go slow on asyIums.
THE shooting OF innocent people by
police officers is mere murder and should
he punished as such. The shooting OF
that boy at Wichita because he WAS
frightened and ran when the policeman
ordered him to stop, iS cold blood muir
der ana should be punished us such.
The atmosphere OF this city is so full
OF ozone that the Involuntary muscles OF
men otherwise peacefully inclined, come
into spontaneous eXertiOn and result in
horizontal effects upon the other fellow.
This il verify the fall Of the year, and
the fall of something else.
WILL the streets Of this city run gore
today? This Is the question that each
anxious San AntOnian asked himself on
rising, but at this writing it has not vet
been determined whether COyle shall
roam or Rome shall recOil. II the city
accommodations are not sufficient for
the comfort of all Cranks, enlarge them.
THE Cincinnati Times Star evidently
thinks that the democratic party of that
state have gone into winter quarters
and drawn the quarters after them. 1t
advertises as follows: WANTED. "A gal
Vanlc battery of 1000 horse power to
stir the Democratic Executive commit
tee to action. First. however. Pinker-
tons detectives must be engaged to find
the committee.
THE American Missionary society, by
whose generosity the Atlanta university
was given to the state of Georgia, will
test In the courts the validity and con-
stitutiOn ality Ofthe Glenn bill, RS passed,
should Ii become law. In this event,
and the A. NJ. 5. mean business, the su
preme court of the United States will
have word to say concerning Georgia's
right to make oonvlcts of missionaries
to the colOred race by mere force Of
statutory enactment.
BEGINNING October 10 and extending
during the weeking following, the ex-
confederate soldiers of Atlanta and the
region round about will give 3 camp re-
ceptiOn TO the veterans OF the Union
armies of the Ohio, Tennessee and Cum
berland; the heroes who fought from
Chattanooga to Atlanta. The features
of the reception will be the barbecue on
old KennesRw mountain and the illum-
inatiOn of that historic height at night.
1t will be grand affair in all respects,
worthy the valor that ragged around that
citadel and crowned YictOrs and van
pushed with the laurels OF glory.
The Sunday closing law has not struck
San Antonio perceptibly. The LIGHT
thinks that the closing Of the saloons
during the church hours and until three
or four O'Clock in the afternoon, az Is
done in Austin and other cities, would
be a good thing. But the wholesale reg
ulation against places OF amusement be-
| ing open on Sunday, the LIGHT does not
endorse. The park, the theatre, the
concert, the dance, are all the recrea-
tiOns that thousands care for, and OF
these thousands the greater part have
no other opportunity to enjoy these
things. save on Sunday. The indul-
| BChCC uOl Ut
made an occasion OF annoyance or dis
turbanGe to church services; neither
should the views OF church-gOers dom
mate the views of all who do not go to
church in matters of Sunday enjoyment,
rest and recreation.
PINKERTON's thugs are swarming into
| Nashville, and among them are the two
indicted murderers, Laird and Collier,
who shot down the East st. Louis work
men in cold blood. Their presence
causes intense excitement, as their pres
ence Is no doubt for the purpose Of spot
ting railway employees who shall vote
against the interests of the Louisville
and Nashville in a pending election to
bond the city for $5O0,CJ0 to aid the Ten
nessee Midland. The detective curse,
like the CatRnia cholera, spreads. 1t
should be quarantIned against by stat
ute in every state in the Union.